Key Ideas and Supporting Details

What is a key idea?

• A key idea is a common misconception.

• A key idea is an insignificant detail.

• A key idea is a central concept or principle.

• A key idea is a random thought or notion.

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Why is it important to identify key ideas in a text?

• To understand the main points and themes of the text.

• To focus on irrelevant details and miss the main ideas.

• To ignore the main points and themes of the text.

• To waste time and confuse the reader.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

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How can you identify key ideas in a text?

• By reading the text backwards

• By ignoring the headings and subheadings

• By focusing only on the introduction and conclusion

• By looking for main points or arguments, topic sentences, repeated words or phrases, and headings or subheadings.

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What are supporting details?

• General statements that are unrelated to the main idea.

• Opinions that are not backed up by evidence.

• Irrelevant information that does not support the main idea.

• Specific pieces of information that provide evidence or examples to support the main idea or thesis statement of a text.

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Why are supporting details important in understanding a text?

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How can you find supporting details in a text?

• Look for opinions and personal experiences in the text.

• Guess the supporting details based on the title of the text.

• Read the text quickly without paying attention to details.

• Look for specific examples, facts, statistics, or quotes.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

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What strategies can you use to identify key ideas?

• Skimming, scanning, identifying keywords, summarizing main points

• Reading slowly, word by word

• Guessing, assuming, ignoring keywords

• Highlighting, underlining, memorizing

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

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What strategies can you use to find supporting details?

• Reading carefully, looking for evidence or examples, identifying key words or phrases, analyzing the structure of the text

• Guessing the answer without reading the text

• Ignoring key words or phrases

• Skimming the text quickly

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

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Explain the relationship between key ideas and supporting details.

• Key ideas and supporting details are interchangeable.

• Key ideas are the main points or concepts, while supporting details provide specific information or evidence to support or explain the key ideas.

• Key ideas are less important than supporting details.

• Key ideas are unrelated to supporting details.

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